Did GTA 4 Deserve GOTY 2008?

[Samus Aran]

MontanaHatchet said:

Samus Aran said:
No, super mario galaxy did. And otherwise super smash bros brawl.

Both of which were a lot better.

I'm reading a couple of posts in this thread, and I'm wondering if it came to anyone's mind that Super Mario Galaxy came out in 2007 and won Game of the Year in that year.

Grand Theft Auto IV got the best ratings of any game that year (for whatever reason), and if it didn't get game of the year, critics and reviewers would have looked like hypocrites. I think it was a great game, deserving of scores in the low 90s. However, not GOTY.

Woops lol, I still remember 3 great games coming out in 2008 for wii.